Det finnes flere versjoner i tekst og melodi. There are several versions in text and melody.
G
One morning I rambled down by the sea shore
G D A7 D
The wind it did whistle and the waters did roar
I heard some fair maiden give a pitiful cry
It sounded so lonesome, it swept off on high
CHORUS:
I never will marry, I'll be no man's wife
I expect to live single all the days of my life
The shells in the ocean shall be my death-bed
While the fish in deep water swim over my head
She cast her fair body in the water so deep
And closed her pretty blue eyes forever to sleep
Versjon 2 - som Linda Ronstadt
[G] They say that [D] love’s a [G] gentle thing
But it’s [C] only [D] brought her [G] pain
For the [C] only [D] man she [G] ever [Em] loved
Has [Am] gone on the [D] midnight [G] train
She never will [D] marry
She’ll be no man’s [C] wife
She expect to live [G] single
All the [D] days of her [G] life
I NEVER WILL MARRY
Some say that love is a gentle thing
But it's only brought me pain
For the only boy I ever loved
Has gone on the morning train.
I never will marry
I'll be no man's wife
I expect to live single
All the days of my life.
The train pulled out and the whistle blew
With a long and a lonesome mourn
He's gone, he's gone like the morning dew
And left me all alone
I never will marry
I'll be no man's wife
I expect to live single
All the days of my life
There's many a change in the winter wind
And a change in the clouds design
There's many a change in a young man's heart
Never a change in mine
I never will marry
I'll be no man's wife
I expect to live single
All the days of my life.
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THE LOVER’S LAMENT FOR HER SAILOR
As I was walking along the seashore,
Where the breeze it blew cool, and the billows did round,
Where the wind and the waves and the waters run
I heard a shrill voice make a sorrowful sound.
Chorus:
Crying, O my love’s gone, whom I do adore,
He’s gone and I will never see him more.
I tarried awhile still listening near,
And heard her complain for the loss of her dear;
Which grieved me sadly to hear her complain
Crying, he is gone and I will never see him again.
She appeared like some goddess, and dressed like a queen,
She’s the fairest of creatures that ever was seen.
I told her I’d marry her myself, if she pleas’d,
But the answer she made me, was my love is in the seas.
I never will marry nor be any man’s bride,
I choose to live single, all the days of my life,
For the loss of my sailor I deeply deplore,
As he’s lost in the seas I shall ne’er see him more.
I will go down to my dearest that lies in the deep
And with kind embraces I will him intreat,
I will kiss his cold lips like the coral so red,
I will close up his eyes that have been so long dead.
The shells of the oysters shall be my lover’s bed,
And the shrimps of the sea shall swim over his head,
Then she plunged her fair body right into the deep,
And closed her fair eyes in the water to sleep.
CONSTANT LOVERS
Now as I was a-walking down by the sea shore
Where the wind it did whistle and the waves they did roar
There I heard a fair maid make a terrible sound
Like the wind and the waves that did echo around
Ch: Crying "Ohh.. my love is gone
He's the youth I adore
He's gone and I never shall see him no more"
She'd a voice like a nightingale, skin like a dove
And the song that she sang it was all about love
When I asked her to marry me, marry me please
But the answer she gave: "My love's drowned in the seas"
I said I had gold and I'd silver beside
On a coach and six horses with me she could ride
She said: "I'll not marry nor yet prove a wife
I'll be constant a true all the days I'll have life"
The she flung her arms wide and she took a great leap
From the cliffs that were high to the billows so deep
Saying: "The rocks of the ocean shall be my death bed
And the shrimps of the sea shall swim over my head"
And now every night at six bells they appear
When the moon is shining and the stars they are clear
These two constant lovers with each other's charms
Rolling over and over in each other's arms
THE FORSAKEN MERMAID
As I was a walking down by the sea shore,
Where the winds and the waves and the billows did roar,
There I heard a strange voice make a terrible sound,
'Twas the wind and the waves and the echoes all round,
Crying Oh, my lover's gone,
He's a youth I adore,
He's gone and I never
Shall see him no more.
She'd a voice like a nightingale, skin like a dove
And the song that she sung it waqs all about love
I saked her to marry me, marry me, please
But the answer she gave, My love's drowned in the sea
Crying etc.
I told her I'd gold and I'd silver beside
In a coach and six horses with me she could ride
No I never will marry nor yet make a wife
I'll stay constant and true all the time I've got life,
Crying etc.
She threw out her arms and she took a great leap
From the cliffs that were high to the billows so deep,
Crying, the rocks of the ocean shall make me a bed
And the shrimps of the sea shall swim over my head.
Crying, etc.
And now every night at six bells they appear
When the moon it is shining, the sky it is clear
These two constant lovers with all their young charms
Rolling over and over in each other's arms.
Crying etc. Melodien
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I never will marry
G
One morning I rambled down by the sea shore
G D A7 D
The wind it did whistle and the waters did roar
I heard some fair maiden give a pitiful cry
It sounded so lonesome, it swept off on high
CHORUS:
I never will marry, I'll be no man's wife
I expect to live single all the days of my life
The shells in the ocean shall be my death-bed
While the fish in deep water swim over my head
She cast her fair body in the water so deep
And closed her pretty blue eyes forever to sleep
Versjon 2 - som Linda Ronstadt
But it’s [C] only [D] brought her [G] pain
For the [C] only [D] man she [G] ever [Em] loved
Has [Am] gone on the [D] midnight [G] train
She never will [D] marry
She’ll be no man’s [C] wife
She expect to live [G] single
All the [D] days of her [G] life
Video med Joan Baez
Er sangen et fragment av andre folketoner?
Skillingstrykk - broadsides
THE LOVER’S LAMENT FOR HER SAILOR
Where the breeze it blew cool, and the billows did round,
Where the wind and the waves and the waters run
I heard a shrill voice make a sorrowful sound.
Chorus:
Crying, O my love’s gone, whom I do adore,
He’s gone and I will never see him more.
I tarried awhile still listening near,
And heard her complain for the loss of her dear;
Which grieved me sadly to hear her complain
Crying, he is gone and I will never see him again.
She appeared like some goddess, and dressed like a queen,
She’s the fairest of creatures that ever was seen.
I told her I’d marry her myself, if she pleas’d,
But the answer she made me, was my love is in the seas.
I never will marry nor be any man’s bride,
I choose to live single, all the days of my life,
For the loss of my sailor I deeply deplore,
As he’s lost in the seas I shall ne’er see him more.
I will go down to my dearest that lies in the deep
And with kind embraces I will him intreat,
I will kiss his cold lips like the coral so red,
I will close up his eyes that have been so long dead.
The shells of the oysters shall be my lover’s bed,
And the shrimps of the sea shall swim over his head,
Then she plunged her fair body right into the deep,
And closed her fair eyes in the water to sleep.
CONSTANT LOVERS
Where the wind it did whistle and the waves they did roar
There I heard a fair maid make a terrible sound
Like the wind and the waves that did echo around
Ch: Crying "Ohh.. my love is gone
He's the youth I adore
He's gone and I never shall see him no more"
She'd a voice like a nightingale, skin like a dove
And the song that she sang it was all about love
When I asked her to marry me, marry me please
But the answer she gave: "My love's drowned in the seas"
I said I had gold and I'd silver beside
On a coach and six horses with me she could ride
She said: "I'll not marry nor yet prove a wife
I'll be constant a true all the days I'll have life"
The she flung her arms wide and she took a great leap
From the cliffs that were high to the billows so deep
Saying: "The rocks of the ocean shall be my death bed
And the shrimps of the sea shall swim over my head"
And now every night at six bells they appear
When the moon is shining and the stars they are clear
These two constant lovers with each other's charms
Rolling over and over in each other's arms
THE FORSAKEN MERMAID
Where the winds and the waves and the billows did roar,
There I heard a strange voice make a terrible sound,
'Twas the wind and the waves and the echoes all round,
Crying Oh, my lover's gone,
He's a youth I adore,
He's gone and I never
Shall see him no more.
She'd a voice like a nightingale, skin like a dove
And the song that she sung it waqs all about love
I saked her to marry me, marry me, please
But the answer she gave, My love's drowned in the sea
Crying etc.
I told her I'd gold and I'd silver beside
In a coach and six horses with me she could ride
No I never will marry nor yet make a wife
I'll stay constant and true all the time I've got life,
Crying etc.
She threw out her arms and she took a great leap
From the cliffs that were high to the billows so deep,
Crying, the rocks of the ocean shall make me a bed
And the shrimps of the sea shall swim over my head.
Crying, etc.
And now every night at six bells they appear
When the moon it is shining, the sky it is clear
These two constant lovers with all their young charms
Rolling over and over in each other's arms.
Crying etc.
Melodien
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http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/scorchVPE.asp?ppn=SC0031148
http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden-wp/?p=7238
http://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1327
http://mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=2858&Title=I%20NEVER%20WILL%20MARRY